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I assume you're referring to the fact that it's just a "made up" church? [1] Some of the most fanatical church go-ers that I know of are C of E. Of course, that
by philbarr 12y ago
I assume you're referring to the fact that it's just a "made up" church? [1] Some of the most fanatical church go-ers that I know of are C of E. Of course, that could be my limited experience.
I can see how in the US it can be hard to be an atheist, but as an atheist in the UK it can be a minefield too. Just sat in the pub having a discussion the other day with some people I've known for a while and they were shocked when they discovered I was an atheist and tried to go down the whole, "how can you not believe" yawn and started to get quite angry. I've had that a couple of times now and had to extricate myself with, "look, I can take you through my many years of thought that brought me to this conclusion that will have you seriously doubting your faith, or we can just accept that we both have different opinions."
[1] ...unlike all the other ones of course...
- pooper 12y agoDoesn't mean they are any less made up than the Church of Latter Day Saints. There may be genuine concerns but at the end of the day it was just one guy who wanted a divorce as far as I know.
- philbarr 12y agoYes, and that business about the transubstantiation, which for some reason C of E doesn't believe in but Roman Catholic does. Even though it's pretty obvious to anyone who's been to a service that the wafer definitely doesn't turn into the actual body of christ - it's still a wafer.
- 5h 12y agoJust out of curiosity, May I ask the age group of the "some people" you referred to? As a 30yr old in the UK I've not once had that once. In fact I've seen the inverse, people "coming out" as having belief and their friends being shocked, more frequently.